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5. DECLINE AND APOSTASY UNDER AMAZIAH, UZZIAH, JOTHAM AND AHAZ
CHAPTER 25 The Reign of Amaziah
_ 1. The record of Amaziah's reign (2 Chronicles 25:1)_
2. The war against Edom (2 Chronicles 25:5)
3...
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THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH. This section is taken from 2 Kings 14:1 with
some considerable additions and modifications characteristic of the
Chronicler.
2 Chronicles 25:1. See notes on 2 Kings 14:1; the Chr...
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SENT UNTO HIM. PROPHET. When He might have sent. sore judgment.
DELIVER. rescue....
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_which could not deliver_ R.V. WHICH HAVE NOT DELIVERED....
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10. THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH (Chapter 25)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 25:1. Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name wa...
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_WHEREFORE THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST AMAZIAH, AND HE
SENT UNTO HIM A PROPHET, WHICH SAID UNTO HIM, WHY HAST THOU SOUGHT
AFTER THE GODS OF THE PEOPLE, WHICH COULD NOT DELIVER THEIR OWN...
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REIGN OF AMAZIAH
This chapter is derived in the main from 2 Kings 14:1, but with two
insertions, 2 Kings 14:5 and 2 Kings 14:13....
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 25
AMAZIAH PREPARES FOR WAR – 2 CHRONICLES 25:1-10
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COULD NOT DELIVER. — _Delivered not._ (Comp. the boast of
Sennacherib concerning the gods who had failed before him: 2 Kings
18:33.) The king’s object may have been to win their favour, and so
retain...
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וַ יִּֽחַר ־אַ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה בַּ
אֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ וַ
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JOASH AND AMAZIAH
2 Chronicles 24:1; 2 Chronicles 25:1
FOR Chronicles, as for the book of Kings, the main interest of the
reign of Joash is the repairing of the Temple; but the later narrative
introd...
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The story of the reign of Amaziah opens with a remarkable statement
which gives us the key to all that follows. "He did that which was
right in the eyes of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart." The...
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Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he
sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought
after the gods of the people, which could not (m) deliver their o...
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Wherein did Amaziah differ from his father? Joash did indeed kill
Zechariah; but Amaziah would have done the same had not the prophet
held his peace. Reader! do not fail to remark the awfulness of suc...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26.
Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster
upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with
th...
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WHEREFORE THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST AMAZIAH,....
Idolatry being always highly displeasing to the Lord; and this was a
most provoking instance of it, that when the Lord had given him
vi...
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_Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he
sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought
after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own...
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_The anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah_ And well it might;
yet, before he sent to destroy him, he sent to convince and reclaim
him, and thus prevent his destruction. He sent to him a proph...
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1 Amaziah beginneth to reigne well.
3 Hee executeth iustice on the traitours.
5 Hauing hired an armie of Israelites against the Edomites, at the
word of a Prophet, he loseth the hundred talents, and...
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Amaziah's Idolatry and Defeat by Israel...
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AMAZIAH BEGINS WELL
(vv.1-4)
The reign of Amaziah was relatively long, ¾ 29 years, because, as his
father Joash, he at first did what was outwardly right in the eyes of
the Lord, though his heart w...
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14-16 To worship the gods of those whom Amaziah had conquered, who
could not help their own worshippers, was the greatest absurdity. If
men would consider how unable all those things are to help them...
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Therefore thou art not only ungrateful and impious, but also
ridiculously foolish, in offending that God whose power and goodness
thou hast now found, and in worshipping such gods of whose impotency
t...
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2 Chronicles 25:15 anger H639 LORD H3068 aroused H2734 (H8799) Amaziah
H558 sent H7971 (H8799) prophet H5030
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CONTENTS: Reign of Amaziah over Judah. War between Judah and Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Amaziah, Joash, man of God, Obed-edom.
CONCLUSION: Trust in God means to be willing to venture the loss of
anyth...
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2 Chronicles 25:4. _He slew not their children,_ as noted in 2 Kings
14. Whether the king was justly put to death for the blood of
Zechariah and his brothers, is a question too delicate for human
trib...
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2 CHRONICLES 25:1 Amaziah. Throughout his reign, Amaziah is
halfhearted in his loyalty to God. His final failure comes after a
steady degeneration.
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 25:5 These verses describe the
background and aftermath of the war against Edom (see 2 Kings 14:7)....
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CRITICAL NOTES.] We have succession of A. (2 Chronicles 25:1), his
expedition against Moat (5–13), his idolatry (14–16), his war with
Joash (17–24), and his death and burial (25–28). Parallel 2 Kings...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is filled up with a very graphic account of the entire
career of Amaziah, and its twenty-eight verses are paralleled by the
twenty verses of 2 Kings 14:1, where the narrative r...
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In chapter 25,
Amaziah [the son of Joash] began to reign, he was twenty-five years
old when he began to reign. He reigned for twenty-nine years. And his
mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And...